Vehmersalmi
# Vehmersalmi

Vehmersalmi is a former municipality of Finland. It has been a part of the city of Kuopio since January 1, 2005.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 2,053 (2003) and covered an area of 550.59 $km^2$ of which 202.47 $km^2$ is water. The population density was 5.9 inhabitants per $km^2.$

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Vehmersalmi ceased to exist as of 1 January 2005 when it was merged into Kuopio.

## Villages

Enonlahti, Horsmanlahti, Juonionlahti, Jänissalo, Litmaniemi, Miettilä, Niinimäki, Putroniemi, Puutosmäki, Ritoniemi, Roikansaari, Räsälä, Vuorisalo, Mustinlahti and Kohma.

## Culture

### Food

In the 1980s, stockfish soup was considered the traditional food of the former parish of Vehmersalmi.

